Elvis taking a break!

For the third successive year "Elvis Fest" has come to Benidorm for a 3 day tribute to "The King of Rock n´Roll". Fans have arrived from across the world, including Germany and the USA - in fact, all 600 tickets were sold out before the event had even started!

Shows have been taking place at three separate venues: The Melia Hotel, across the road at the Rock & Roll House and Levi´s Showboat which are all private ticket only events - once registered you are given a wrist band so no need to worry about losing your ticket! Unfortunately there are no more tickets available and many holidaymakers having just realised that the event is on have been left disappointed that they could not buy any - the chief reason is to guarantee ticket holders a seat.

Organiser Peter Phillips is delighted with the turnout - he is the driving force behind the Benidorm event following its continued success in Porthcawl, which is the biggest Elvis festival in Europe. Last year the event attracted over 31,000 visitors with 50 artists performing and generated thousands for the local economy!  Now in its 10th year, Porthcawl started in a similar way and has snowballed, so who knows in a few years time what may happen here!

Ten top Elvis tribute artists are performing including "Gordon Elvis" who won the best Elvis in Memphis and Paul Larcombe, who has performed for the Queen and is the first ever Elvis tribute artist to be officially endorsed by the Elvis Presley Enterprises at Graceland!

They certainly couldn´t have picked a better weekend weather wise ... those from the UK especially are enjoying listening to their favourite artist and basking in the sun at the Melia, which is an outside venue. Even the lucky hotel guests lounging by the pool are able to enjoy listening to the fabulous voices of the various Elvis´s!


Many of the fans have also dressed like their idol - its quite disconcerting seeing double visions of Elvis at various stages in his life! You can see hotel guests, who are unaware of the event doing a double take as they walk around the lobby area.


The date of next years event is 11th - 13th April and ticket reservations are already being taken. With this years event having sold out well ahead of time it is anticipated that many which were unlucky this time will have secured theirs for next year.

The event is growing in popularity and demand for tickets will get even bigger... you can pop along today to the Melia and speak to Kate at the Elvis registration desk which is located next to the main hotel reception to enquire about next years Elvis Fest.